SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea was the world’s largest spender on chip equipment in the first quarter of the year, a report showed Thursday, amid a global semiconductor shortage. South Korea, home to major memory chip producers Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc., spent US$7.31 billion in chipmaking equipment in the [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip supplier, on Wednesday unveiled its new enterprise solid state drive (SSD) leveraging advanced data management technology that offers a longer lifespan. The South Korean tech giant said its new enterprise SSD, the PM1731a, features a Zoned Namespace (ZNS) solution that maximizes [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. maintained the second spot in the foundry market in the first quarter of the year, but its share fell slightly due to the temporary shutdown of its chip plant in the United States, a report showed Monday. Samsung’s foundry business logged a market share of 17 [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday unveiled two new tablets as the South Korean tech giant eyes to boost sales amid the pandemic-induced stay-at-home trend. The Galaxy Tab S7 FE and the Galaxy Tab A7 Lite became the latest additions to Samsung’s tablet portfolio. Samsung plans to reveal prices of [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. was the world’s second-largest vendor of wearable devices in the first quarter of the year, a report showed Friday, on the back of its wireless earbuds sales. The South Korean tech giant moved ahead of China’s Xiaomi Corp. for the first time to take the runner-up [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday released a new mid-power LED package boasting improved light efficacy and color quality as the South Korean tech giant eyes to improve its presence in the lighting LED sector. The LM301B EVO offers the industry’s highest efficacy of 235 lumens per watt (lm/W) by [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday launched a shoe refresher as the South Korean tech giant eyes bolstering its sales with new lifestyle appliances amid the pandemic. Samsung’s BESPOKE ShoeDresser is a footwear care appliance that can deodorize, dehumidify and dry shoes. The product, which can manage a maximum three [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. further expanded its leadership in the global NAND flash market in the first quarter of the year, a report showed Thursday, despite an overall decline in chip prices. The South Korean tech giant, also the leader in the DRAM sector, had a 33.5 percent share of [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. was the world’s second-largest semiconductor vendor in the first quarter of the year, a report showed Wednesday, after posting double-digit year-on-year sales growth. The South Korean tech juggernaut logged US$17.07 billion in chip sales in the January-March period, up 15 percent from a year earlier, according [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. maintained its status as the world’s leading TV vendor with a record market share in the first quarter, a report showed Tuesday, as the tech giant posted robust growth on the back of its QLED and large TVs. Samsung represented 32.9 percent of the global TV [...]